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A860

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A860
Location Map ( geo)
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Great Cumbrae Island Circle
From:  Millport (NS169551)
To:  Millport (NS169551)
Distance:  10 miles (16.1 km)
Met:  B899, A860
Now part of:  B896
Traditional Counties

Buteshire

Route outline (key)
A860 Great Cumbrae Island Circle
The former A860 (now B896) on the east coast of Great Cumbrae

There were no classified roads on Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde in the original 1922 classification. However, this was quickly remedied and the first new Class I number to be allocated, possibly as early as 1923, was the A860 for the island's 'ring road'. The road mostly ran along the shore of Great Cumbrae, almost always the nearest road to the coast, thus connecting Millport, the island's capital and only sizeable settlement, to the rest of Great Cumbrae. The only other classified road, the B899, was met in Millport and again at Downcraig near the ferry crossing on the east coast.

Although the A860 was still in existence in the 1980s, and marked on the 1989 OS Landranger sheet, it has since been downgraded and is now numbered as the B896.




A860
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A860-cumbrae-1932.jpgGreat Cumbrae View (C) Mary and Angus Hogg - Geograph - 3398613.jpgRoad sign on arrival on the Isle of Cumbrae - Geograph - 1038901.jpg
A800-A899
A800 • A801 • A802 • A803 • A804 • A805 • A806 • A807 • A808 • A809 • A810 • A811 • A812 • A813 • A814 • A815 • A816 • A817 • A818 • A819

A820 • A821 • A822 • A823 • A824 • A825 • A826 • A827 • A828 • A829 • A830 • A831 • A832 • A833 • A834 • A835 • A836 • A837 • A838 • A839
A840 • A841 • A842 • A843 • A844 • A845 • A846 • A847 • A848 • A849 • A850 • A851 • A852 • A853 • A854 • A855 • A856 • A857 • A858 • A859
A860 • A861 • A862 • A863 • A864 • A865 • A866 • A867 • A868 • A869 • A870 • A871 • A872 • A873 • A874 • A875 • A876 • A877 • A878 • A879
A880 • A881 • A882 • A883 • A884 • A885 • A886 • A887 • A888 • A889 • A890 • A891 • A892 • A893 • A894 • A895 • A896 • A897 • A898 • A899

Defunct Itineraries and Motorways: A804 • A806 • A817 • A818 • A823(M) • A825 • A833 • A859 • A862 • A872 • A876 • A882 • A896


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